Nepal honoured with UK's 'Best Response to the Pandemic' Gold Award

According to the Nepal Tourism Board, the award was given to Nepal at a function organized by the world-renowned Wonderlast Magazine at Kensington Palace Gardens in the United Kingdom on Tuesday. The award was handed over to Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Prem Bahadur Ale in a ceremony on the occasion of World Travel Mart (WTM) in London.

China hands over additional 1.6 million doses of Vero Cell

Chinese ambassador to Nepal You Hanqi handed over the said amount of vaccine to Health and Population Minister Birodh Khatiwada amidst a programme held at the Health Ministry today.

PM Deuba in sideline talks at COP26

The United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, called on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on the sideline of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) which is underway here.

SC starts hearing on habeas corpus cases

Chief Justice Cholendra Shumser JB Rana had scheduled benches to hear the habeas corpus cases. Six of them are division and two are single, according to SC Spokesperson Baburam Dahal.

Nepal begins to export electricity to India

Nepal has been permitted to sell electricity at a competitive rate in the Indian energy market. The Ministry of Power of India, the body approving inter-country electricity trade, on Monday gave the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) the permission to sell electricity in the Indian Energy Exchange market. In the first phase, the NEA is allowed to sell 39 MW of electricity generated from 24 MW of Trishuli and 15 MW of Devighat hydropower plants in Nuwakot as a source to the Indian Energy Exchange...

Dhanashree: The unheard melody of Tihar

Oh Lord Narayan! He who resides in the hills and near the forests, He who brings peace and tranquillity to the lives of people, All hail Lord Narayan! Hari Krishna Maharjan and his Dapha play th

Prime Minister Deuba holds meeting with world leaders (photo feature)

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has held talks and meetings with world leaders from different countries on the sideline of the World Leaders' Summit of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) being held in Glasgow city of Scotland, the UK.

PM Deuba and Indian PM Modi hold meeting in Glasgow

The Prime Minister duo held the meeting on the sideline of the World Leaders' Summit of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) being held in Glasgow.

Jivan Bahadur Shahi of Nepali Congress submits claim for Karnali Province Chief Minister

Parliamentary party leader of the Nepali Congress in the Karnali Provincial Assembly Jivan Bahadur Shahi has submitted a claim for the post of Chief Minister of the province.

Province 1 CM Rai takes oath of office, forms 6-member Cabinet

Province 1 Chief Som Nath Adhikari Pyasi administered the oath of office and secrecy to Chief Minister Rai along with newly appointed ministers of the province amid a special ceremony held at the office of the Province Chief.

MoHP reports 422 new cases of COVID-19

In 7,115 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 422 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.

Accord high priority to mountain vulnerability

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has raised concerns over the impact caused by climate change in the Himalayan region. Addressing the World Leaders Summit during the 26th Conference of Parties (COP 26) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday, Prime Minister Deuba said that rapid warming in the Himalayas had posed a serious threat to food, water, energy, and human security of the entire region.

Journos need to be more conflict sensitive: Experts

Nepal is no stranger to conflict. It witnessed several conflicts since 1951 when democracy was ushered in by overthrowing the Rana rulers. It experienced a decade-long insurgency led by the then CPN (Maoist) from 1996 to 2006. Similarly, a number of political movements, many of them violent, occurred in the Terai-Madhes region of Nepal since 2007, after the political change of 2006, which continued even during the political transition period.

NRB gears up to revive coin minting

Minting of gold coins (asharfi) and commemorative coins has resumed after two years’ hiatus in lack of office space for the Mint Division of Nepal Rastra Bank, as its previous office located at Sundhara was demolished for the reconstruction of the Dharahara tower. The Mint Division had been shifted to a building of the Nepal Aushadhi Limited, Babarmahal from Sundhara and it has begun minting asharfis (gold coins), Binod Raj Acharya, director of the division, said. After the government opted...

Karnali Province CM Shahi resigns from post

Organising a press conference today, Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur resigned from the post as per the understanding made earlier with leader of Nepali Congress Karnali Province Assembly, Jeevan Bahadur Shahi.

Discussion underway among political parties to hold all 3 levels of polls at one go: Chair Prachanda

Addressing a greetings exchange programme on the occasion of festivals organised by Nepal National Employees Organisation, Civil employee central committee, the chairman of a major party in the ruling alliance said that the discussion was focused on whether to hold the local, provincial, and federal elections at a one go or in different phases.

COVID-19 update: 441 fresh cases reported via 7,468 RT-PCR tests

In 7,468 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 441 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.

Province 1 CM Bhim Prasad Acharya resigns from his post

Chief Minister of Province 1 Bhim Prasad Acharya has resigned from his post. In the Provincial Assembly meeting, Chief Minister Acharya resigned after informing about the work done by the government.

Humans should be conscious for mitigating causes of climate change: President Bhandari   

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said the human race should be conscious of reducing the direct causes of climate change and adverse impacts on the environment. The President said this after observing the apple farm run by Agro Manang Pvt Ltd in Manang today. 

Nepal attending COP 26 with ambitious goals in related field

Nepal is attending the 26th Conference (COP26) of the nations to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with documents and reports featuring the country’s ambitious goals in the related field.